6 JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2020 The year 2020 has an especially nice ring to it – grounded yet futuristic. For the Indiana Bankers Association, this year means entering the final phase of our 2018-20 strategic plan. We’ve made great strides at this two-thirds mark on the plan timeline. In the plan pillar of Tell the Story, we’ve introduced four new awards for banks and individuals, each designed to tell the story of banking. Two of those awards were presented in November, as detailed on page 18 in our spotlight article about the Banking on Women Conference. Congratulations to Kathy A. Schoettlin, Old National Bank, Evansville, honored as 2019 Woman of the Year, and Evelyn Rivas, German American Bank, Jasper, named 2019 Woman on the Rise. We’ve also been successful with our C2C “Commitment to Community” campaign, showcasing bank community service through videos and a C2C award. Visit indianabankers.org/commitment-community on our all-new website to see videos that tell the story of bank community service. Please let us know if you have videos to share or would like video assistance in telling your stories. Videos are one portion of the C2C Campaign; C2C awards make up the other part. Last May we gave the inaugural C2C award to The Farmers Bank, Frankfort, at the IBA Mega Conference. I’m happy to report that this May we’ll be giving out two awards, based on different asset sizes. Please submit your nomination by Jan. 31; details at indianabankers.org/commitment-community. For our second plan pillar of Fiscal Strength, we have completed a fiscal policy manual to formalize IBA’s approach to investments and reserves. All the while, we continue to steward income and expenses with care so that we can keep member dues among the lowest in the nation. Regarding Education – the third pillar of the strategic plan – we’ve not only been offering more programming in terms of quantity, but we continuously monitor, evaluate and refine our educational offerings to bring you the best of quality. We want to ensure that you receive a healthy return on investment when you enroll your associates in IBA programming. Government Relations, our fourth pillar, is active with a variety of offerings designed to help pave the way to banker engagement. Grassroots advocacy is extremely effective, and our Ambassador of Strategic Advocacy and key contact banker programs provide the tools to help bankers reach out to elected officials about industry topics. The final pillar of the IBA strategic plan, Next-Gen Bankers, has made dramatic strides. The purpose of this goal is to keep the industry strong by bringing in new talent. You’ll notice on our new website that we’ve added a “Next-Gen Bankers” channel devoted entirely to this topic. Amber R. Van Til President and CEO Indiana Bankers Association avantil@indianabankers.org @grbanker VANTAGE VIEWPOINT Legislative Briefing & Reception Jan. 15 Meet face-to-face with Indiana lawmakers to discuss issues of the day. FLD Day at the Statehouse Feb. 10 Future Leadership Division participants learn about and engage in grassroots advocacy. Leadership Development Program March 24-26 This program helps the next generation of bank leaders reach full potential. Don’t Miss Out! Visit the channel at indianabankers.org/next-gen to access videos about banking as a career and to learn about BankLEAD, IBA’s internship program; BankTalentHQ, an online resource for attracting talent to banking; and the Future Leadership Division, a platform of 300+ emerging bank leaders. The Next-Gen Bankers pillar also has seen much success in the creation of a banking concentration at a university in Indiana and in the implementation of scholarships. Our new scholarships, highlighted on page 23 in the FLD Focus article in this issue, encourage participation in the rigorous Leadership Development Program and the always-important IBA Annual Washington Trip. We’re proud of how far we’ve come, but we’re not done yet. We’ll continue to work hard on your behalf as we go down the final stretch of the three-year plan. Most importantly, I want to thank you, our dedicated members. None of this progress would be possible without your support. We’re also extremely proud of our new website which resulted from months of IBA teamwork, ably led by Josh Myers and Tracy Kubly. Read more on page 54, and visit indianabankers.org to enjoy the new site. Finally, it’s my pleasure to share with you that IBA has promoted Rod Lasley to executive vice president-operations & member services. It’s a long title, but it takes a long title to try to capture all that Rod does for us. As a former bank CEO, he understands very well what our members’ needs are. And as an adept strategist, Rod has insight into making sure the IBA is on the right path to meeting those needs. You can read more about Rod on page 46. HB
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